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at this point, did you think to yourself, manti, are you kidding? now she has leukemia? it goes on and on and on. >> yeah, i thought how could all this happen to one person? >> three months later, he was told his grandmother had died and a few hours later he got a phone call from someone who said he was lennay kekua's brother. >> he was crying and kept screaming. he just said she's gone. >> te'o then dedicated the rest of his football season to his grandmother and to lennay kekua. his coaches shared his story with the media, which along with his stellar performance on the field made him a star. then on december 6th te'o received a phone call. the voice on the other end of the phone said it was lennay kekua. >> there was a long silent pause. and -- i was angry. just to say the least. >> you knew something was up at that point. >> yes. >> finally. you knew something was up. >> yes. >> and then even though the person he thought was lennay kekua was alive, he still spoke publicly about her death two days later. >> i lost both of my grandparents and my girlfriend to cancer. >
at this point, did you think to yourself, manti, are you kidding? now she has leukemia? it goes on and on and on. >> yeah, i thought how could all this happen to one person? >> three months later, he was told his grandmother had died and a few hours later he got a phone call from someone who said he was lennay kekua's brother. >> he was crying and kept screaming. he just said she's gone. >> te'o then dedicated the rest of his football season to his grandmother and to...
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talking manti te'o. john elway joins us to talk about all that, and answers the big question, has he ever had a fake girlfriend himself? >>> for people feeling they are misled, that i'm sorry for, but i wasn't as forthcoming about it, but i didn't lie, and i never was asked did you see her in person. >> college football star manti te'o, talking to katie couric about a dead girlfriend who never existed. joining me now is a sporting legend, john elway. two super bowl wins, passionate with keeping america great. >> good to be here. >> a true legend. >> no, not really. >> do you sit easy with the mantle of legend? >> i was lucky enough to play 16 years in the nfl, 2 super bowl teams. to be able to accomplish the goals, win a world championship. a great thing for me. >> here is the question i never thought i would ask john elway? ever had a fake girlfriend? >> no. never have. >> can you imagine having a fake girlfriend? one had you for a year without ever physically seeing her, even when you skyped she never
talking manti te'o. john elway joins us to talk about all that, and answers the big question, has he ever had a fake girlfriend himself? >>> for people feeling they are misled, that i'm sorry for, but i wasn't as forthcoming about it, but i didn't lie, and i never was asked did you see her in person. >> college football star manti te'o, talking to katie couric about a dead girlfriend who never existed. joining me now is a sporting legend, john elway. two super bowl wins,...
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talking manti te'o. john elway joins us to talk about all that, and answers the big question, has he ever had a fake girlfriend himself? what are you doing? nothing. are you stealing our daughter's school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapler and my... this thing. i save money by using fedex ground and buy my own supplies. that's a great idea. i'm going to go... we got clients in today. [ male announcer ] save on ground shipping at fedex office. to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. now that's a pill worth taking. [ male announcer ] ocuvite. help protect your eye health. >>> for people feeling they are misled, that i'm sorry for,
talking manti te'o. john elway joins us to talk about all that, and answers the big question, has he ever had a fake girlfriend himself? what are you doing? nothing. are you stealing our daughter's school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapler and my... this thing. i save money by using fedex ground and buy my own supplies. that's a great idea. i'm going to go... we got clients in today. [ male announcer ] save on ground shipping at fedex office. to help protect...
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but manti te'o insists that his pain was real. real. the notre dame standout and runner i for this year's heisman has been opening up to katie couric about a scam that he says he admits he kept alive for weeks even after learning that the girl lennay ka cue wa wasn't dead and probably never, ever lived in the first place. as for manti te'o's own personal legend -- >> i think for me, the only thing that i basked in is i had an impact on people. that people will turn to me and -- for inspiration. and i think that was the only thing i focused on. my story, i felt, was a guy who in times of hardship and in times of trial really, you know, held strong to his faith, held strong to his family and i thought that that was my story. >> even if that hardship was perhaps exaggerated? >> no. what i went through was real. the feelings, the pain, the sorrow, that was all real. >> it's weird. that's for sure. there's even more to this story. every day there's a weird twist, there's a really weird twist. even a guy who has a multi-year romance on the li
but manti te'o insists that his pain was real. real. the notre dame standout and runner i for this year's heisman has been opening up to katie couric about a scam that he says he admits he kept alive for weeks even after learning that the girl lennay ka cue wa wasn't dead and probably never, ever lived in the first place. as for manti te'o's own personal legend -- >> i think for me, the only thing that i basked in is i had an impact on people. that people will turn to me and -- for...
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let's get back to manti te'o for a moment. erin burnett is also going "outfront" on this story with a man who knows te'o better than most. erin, tell us what you have. >> we have the coach who actually recruited manti te'o to come to notre dame. he spent a lot of time with him, met him about 18 times. we're going to talk to him about whether he believes manti te'o and what kind of a person he is. we'll also be playing, when katie couric asked manti te'o, are you gay, how he answered that question and what he was really saying. plus, we're going to talk about something, wolf, i find pretty amazing. you know how silicon valley is often perceived as very liberal and very democratic. for example, google, you know, had that town hall for president obama, about 97% of money google gave went to president obama. well, one very big executive in silicon valley is getting in bed with a republican likely for 2016. i'm talking about mark zuckerberg. and we've got that story. >> we'll see you at top of the hour and thank you. >>> a top exec
let's get back to manti te'o for a moment. erin burnett is also going "outfront" on this story with a man who knows te'o better than most. erin, tell us what you have. >> we have the coach who actually recruited manti te'o to come to notre dame. he spent a lot of time with him, met him about 18 times. we're going to talk to him about whether he believes manti te'o and what kind of a person he is. we'll also be playing, when katie couric asked manti te'o, are you gay, how he...
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we're not talking about the manti te'o kind of love. that's later on in the show. we're talking about the kind that rich guys in silicon valley give with their very obese checkbooks. now, we all know president obama and google's eric schmidt are tight. these guys are bedfellows. schmidt tea schmidt's google employees gave 95% of their campaign contributions to the president in 2012, $700,000. it's safe to say that would be a sweep, 97%. that's a democratic company. there are even rumors that schmidt might join obama's cabinet as treasury secretary, which added to the commonly held belief that rich tech guys are all liberals. rich california guys, a bunch of liberals. but you know what, times appear to be a-changing. facebook founder mark zuckerberg is hosting his first political fund-raiser for -- [ drumroll ] -- republican new jersey governor, chris christie. i mean, look at that pair. made in heaven. buzz feed reporter broke the story and joe lockhart joins me, a former bush secretary and former vp of facebook, knows all sides of this. mckay, your reporting, what
we're not talking about the manti te'o kind of love. that's later on in the show. we're talking about the kind that rich guys in silicon valley give with their very obese checkbooks. now, we all know president obama and google's eric schmidt are tight. these guys are bedfellows. schmidt tea schmidt's google employees gave 95% of their campaign contributions to the president in 2012, $700,000. it's safe to say that would be a sweep, 97%. that's a democratic company. there are even rumors that...
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what do you think of manti te'o's response? >> i think it was a question she had to ask, merely because it was in the vapors and a reasonable thing to ask. and the response seemed categorical and reasonable. that seems fine. with each question he answered, i ended up with many more questions than answers to help me understand what was going on. for instance, many times he planned to go meet her, but he made excuses why he couldn't go meet her in person. that's what we expect from people who are the hoaxsters. listen to the tapes. they are available online. it really sounds like a woman. it is incredibly compelling and emotional, but once again, what motivates the hoaxster to do this? to spend the time and energy to effectively abuse manti? ist very abusive, problematic? and why wouldn't he have the intuitive instinct to have a relationship with this woman rather than the vapors of the internet thing. >> it seems interesting that he wouldn't go meet her, if he was in love with her. regardless of the religion and whether it would
what do you think of manti te'o's response? >> i think it was a question she had to ask, merely because it was in the vapors and a reasonable thing to ask. and the response seemed categorical and reasonable. that seems fine. with each question he answered, i ended up with many more questions than answers to help me understand what was going on. for instance, many times he planned to go meet her, but he made excuses why he couldn't go meet her in person. that's what we expect from people...
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. >>> the girlfriend was fake, the heartbreak was real, that's what manti te'o is saying as he begins his very public campaign to repair his image and future career in the nfl. the notre dame star says he was a victim of a hoax but admits he continued with the story of his girlfriend dying even after learning she never actually existed. >> my story, i felt, was a guy who in times of hardship and in times of trial really held strong to his faith, held strong to his family and i felt that that was my story. >> even if that hardship was perhaps exaggerated? >> no, it was what i went through was real, you know, the feelings, the pain, the sorrow, that was all real. >> cnn's george howell is here with more of what te'o is expected to say later today. >> this is interesting, isn't it? >> it is. it's like a train wreck and you can't stop watching it. >> so many twists and turns, so many different characters. so here's what we've got. it's confusing but here's what we've got, a relationship between two people online who basically never met. te'o insists he had every reason to believe that his
. >>> the girlfriend was fake, the heartbreak was real, that's what manti te'o is saying as he begins his very public campaign to repair his image and future career in the nfl. the notre dame star says he was a victim of a hoax but admits he continued with the story of his girlfriend dying even after learning she never actually existed. >> my story, i felt, was a guy who in times of hardship and in times of trial really held strong to his faith, held strong to his family and i...
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. >> hear the late night voice mails that landed manti te'o in katie couric's chair and the question that has everyone talking this morning. >> are you gay? >> no, far from it, far from that. >> the hoax, the dead girlfriend, and the interview you got to see. plus this. >>> when i watch you eat, when i look at you lately, i just want to smash your face in. >> smash my face. >> ooh, you know her from "war of the roses." kathleen turner sits down and talks not about her films but about guns. "newsroom" starts now. good morning to you. happy friday. i'm carol costello. we start with an arctic blast, plunging south, bringing with it ice, snow, and varying degrees of misery to millions. this morning many are waking up to plunging temperatures and the hard bite of winter. fountains in much of the eastern united states frozeen this morning. the 20s reaching as far south as south carolina and georgia, for many an abrupt end to what has been so far pretty darned mild winter. cnn meteorologist jennifer delgado is in nashville where shivering southerners are also bracing for the threat of ice a
. >> hear the late night voice mails that landed manti te'o in katie couric's chair and the question that has everyone talking this morning. >> are you gay? >> no, far from it, far from that. >> the hoax, the dead girlfriend, and the interview you got to see. plus this. >>> when i watch you eat, when i look at you lately, i just want to smash your face in. >> smash my face. >> ooh, you know her from "war of the roses." kathleen turner sits...
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manti te'o lied about seeing his fake girlfriend but he says he was duped. and guess what? he's not alone. a look at how players on the washington redskins were also catfished. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day 50+. it's lots of things. all waking up. ♪ becoming part of the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ trees will talk to networks will talk to scientists about climate change. cars will talk to road sensors will talk to stoplights about traffic efficiency. the ambulance will talk to patient records will talk to doctors about saving lives. it's going to be amazing. and exciting. and maybe, most remarkably, not that far away. the next big thing? we're going to wake the world up. ♪ and watch, with eyes wide, as it gets to work. ♪ cisco. tomorrow starts here. >>> manti te'o, the notre dame star linebacker admitting that he lied about seeing his fake girlfriend. he says he was the victim of a hoax. now we are hearing the voice of
manti te'o lied about seeing his fake girlfriend but he says he was duped. and guess what? he's not alone. a look at how players on the washington redskins were also catfished. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day 50+. it's lots of things. all waking up. ♪ becoming part of the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ trees will talk to networks will talk to...
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bye. >> manti te'o insisting he was duped. katie couric asking him whether he can understand why people thought he was lying. >> i didn't lie. i never was asked, did you see her in person? and so through the embarrassment and the fear of what people may think that i was committed to this person who i didn't have a chance to meet and she all of a sudden died, now that scared me. >> "the new york post" reporting a young cousin of the alleged mastermind behind this hoax played a part of the phony girlfriend. noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock yo
bye. >> manti te'o insisting he was duped. katie couric asking him whether he can understand why people thought he was lying. >> i didn't lie. i never was asked, did you see her in person? and so through the embarrassment and the fear of what people may think that i was committed to this person who i didn't have a chance to meet and she all of a sudden died, now that scared me. >> "the new york post" reporting a young cousin of the alleged mastermind behind this hoax...
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who is sat fault in the manti te'o saga? >> chilling new details about a teen's alleged plot targeting wal-mart and now his uncle said -- >> even your owner reporter got several facts wrong. >> intimate new pictures of jfk and his famous family. . >>> welcome. i'm don lemon. game on. the battle over gun control is kicking into high gear. dianne feinstein stood near this wall of guns flanked by police officers as she unveiled a tough bill that would ban assault weapons. the new bill would ban more than 100 specific models of firearms. semi automatic weapons with detachable magazines and high capacity magazines that use more than ten rounds of ammunition. lawmakers say the time to act is now. >> these massacres don't seem to stop. they continue on. columbine, virginia tech, aurora, tucson, oak creek. the common thread in these shootings is each gunman used a semi automatic assault weapon or large capacity ammunition magazines. >> i hope, i pray, and i believe that this horror in newtown, connecticut is our wake up call. our ca
who is sat fault in the manti te'o saga? >> chilling new details about a teen's alleged plot targeting wal-mart and now his uncle said -- >> even your owner reporter got several facts wrong. >> intimate new pictures of jfk and his famous family. . >>> welcome. i'm don lemon. game on. the battle over gun control is kicking into high gear. dianne feinstein stood near this wall of guns flanked by police officers as she unveiled a tough bill that would ban assault...
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could be the first of many lawsuits. >>> manti ta'o says he lied. the star linebacker told katie couric that he was the victim of a hoax but he does admit that he continued the story of his girlfriend's death even after someone posing as her called him last month. >> my story, i felt was a guy who in times of hardship and in times of trial really held strong to his faith and family. i felt that that was my story. >> even if that hardship was perhaps exaggerated? >> no. what i went through was real. the feelings, the pain, the sorrow, that was all real. >> now the woman whose picture was used in the online hoax has come forward. diane o'meara told anderson cooper that she never met ta'o and never knew her photo was being used. >> how does that feel? >> it is unnerving and frustrating. when i see the photos and when i see how they have been exposed all over the media, it is hard. i mean, the fact is this doesn't just happen to me. granted, this is a very unique situation that involves mass media but this happens every day. >> so now that manti ta'o ha
could be the first of many lawsuits. >>> manti ta'o says he lied. the star linebacker told katie couric that he was the victim of a hoax but he does admit that he continued the story of his girlfriend's death even after someone posing as her called him last month. >> my story, i felt was a guy who in times of hardship and in times of trial really held strong to his faith and family. i felt that that was my story. >> even if that hardship was perhaps exaggerated? >>...
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i think that's what life is all about. >> so you have manti te'o from notre dame and then a.j. mccarron, the inspirational leader of the crimson tide, a quarterback for the crimson tide. he met a girl named starla about a year ago. and starla chapman was a 3-year-old in an intensive care unit in mobile, alabama. when he gave her a christmas present, on christmas eve, she gave him a wristband that said just trust. he pl he wore that in the national championship last year. and as he wore that, she was on the brink of death. after she wore that, she's been on the road to recovery and her cancer is in full remission. a.j. said he's blessed to be able to touch people in that way. >> i've been blessed enough to be in a position to kind of touch people's lives and inspire them in certain ways. and she was a blessing to me. just kind of met her on that christmas eve, that day at the children's hospital and just kind of -- a relationship has taken off from there. >> reporter: and when you seeage tonig a.j. on the field, he will be wearing that wristband. he has not taken it off since sh
i think that's what life is all about. >> so you have manti te'o from notre dame and then a.j. mccarron, the inspirational leader of the crimson tide, a quarterback for the crimson tide. he met a girl named starla about a year ago. and starla chapman was a 3-year-old in an intensive care unit in mobile, alabama. when he gave her a christmas present, on christmas eve, she gave him a wristband that said just trust. he pl he wore that in the national championship last year. and as he wore...
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let's start with notre dame's manti te'o. you intrude him for 2 1/2 hours after we learned that the girlfriend on social media was really fake. you know this guy. do you believe what he is saying? >> you know, wolf, it's always kind of an awkward condition as a reporter. we asked whether you believe someone you are covering. it was unusual and an off camera. it was a proxy for people who were interested in the story. i can't say whether he was telling the truth. i can't say whether he was telling the truth. i found him credible and believable. to me it couldn't be explained. most people have come to the conclusion over the last eight or nine days hearing the evidence that he was most likely the victim here. the simplest explanation is most often the correct explanation. i think that's what we are probably dealing with. >> in the on camera interview he had with katie couric, did you see inconsistencies from your interview that was off camera. >> i didn't. there was elaboration and they went places i hadn't gone. had him elabor
let's start with notre dame's manti te'o. you intrude him for 2 1/2 hours after we learned that the girlfriend on social media was really fake. you know this guy. do you believe what he is saying? >> you know, wolf, it's always kind of an awkward condition as a reporter. we asked whether you believe someone you are covering. it was unusual and an off camera. it was a proxy for people who were interested in the story. i can't say whether he was telling the truth. i can't say whether he was...
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time when you consider how a woman's photo was used without her knowledge to allegededly do you know manti teo. you know, carol, it is a little off-putting to think about handing over this kind of information. but then again, you don't want somebody impersonating you on facebook, either. >> it's like a double-edged sword. >> yes. or choose not to be on facebook. you don't have to. right? >> that's true. but -- >> but you want to. >> you know that's not likely. >> you want to. >> well, is it ever a good idea? if they're asking for your birth certificate, it must be a secure site but i would never put my birth certificate anywhere on the internet. >> well, obviously you're t not going to post it on the internet. the whole point is, is to give them this information and it's supposedly kept private -- kept as private information. once again, we do have a call out to facebook. we're dieing to ask that question, what are you going to do with this information? yeah, we want to ask that question, carol. >> all righ alison kosik, thanks so much. >>> he may not gun control laws if he deems it uncons
time when you consider how a woman's photo was used without her knowledge to allegededly do you know manti teo. you know, carol, it is a little off-putting to think about handing over this kind of information. but then again, you don't want somebody impersonating you on facebook, either. >> it's like a double-edged sword. >> yes. or choose not to be on facebook. you don't have to. right? >> that's true. but -- >> but you want to. >> you know that's not likely....
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the university immediately initiated an investigation to assist manti and his family in discovering the motive for and nature of the hoax. extremely bizarre. >> is anyone speaking out about why he had gone so much lengths as characterizing this person as his girlfriend. >> espn got a statement from him. in part it reads this. this is incredibly embarrassing to talk about but over an extended period of time i developed an emotional relationship with a woman i met online. we maintained what i taught to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone and i grew to care deeply about her to realize that i was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was and is painful and humiliating. he apparently spoke to someone on the phone who was this girlfriend. it wasn't just social media. someone was a voice on the phone. >> be careful on social media. what you think is going on something different can be going on. >> this was part of the fairytale story leading up to the national title game. >> anyone who watched college football saw t
the university immediately initiated an investigation to assist manti and his family in discovering the motive for and nature of the hoax. extremely bizarre. >> is anyone speaking out about why he had gone so much lengths as characterizing this person as his girlfriend. >> espn got a statement from him. in part it reads this. this is incredibly embarrassing to talk about but over an extended period of time i developed an emotional relationship with a woman i met online. we...